85

65

59

20

2059

78

72

280

411

72A

459

565

65

65

59

20

2059

31

31

72

72

82

280

278

278

231

231

231

431

43182

43

43

43

80

431

82

231

Corridor X78

278

* According to local officials. Source: National Weather Service, Alabama Emergency Management Agency, staff reports.

Vance

Cullman

Jasper

Scottsboro

Huntsville

Forestdale Trussville

Anniston

Pleasant Grove

Pratt City

CULLMANCOUNTY

BIBBCOUNTY

TUSCALOOSACOUNTY

WALKERCOUNTY

JACKSONCOUNTY

DEKALBCOUNTY

FAYETTECOUNTY

ELMORECOUNTY

TALLAPOOSACOUNTY

MARSHALLCOUNTY

LAWRENCECOUNTY

CALHOUNCOUNTY

HALECOUNTY

Argo

Birmingham

JEFFERSONCOUNTY

Fayette

GuinWinfield

Phil Campbell

Moulton

Albertville

Tallassee

Greensboro

Centreville

Tuscaloosa

ST. CLAIRCOUNTY

MADISONCOUNTY

LIMESTONECOUNTY

Moody

Pell City

Pisgah

Montgomery

Hamilton

Fort Payne

32

1

Ashville

MARIONCOUNTY

FRANKLIN COUNTY

MISSISSIPPI

TENNESSEE

GEO

RGIA

Between 4:45 and 5 p.m. Wednesday, a tornado cut through the heart of Tusca-loosa. "It was total devastation," one witness said. "Every-thing I saw was gone. McAlister’s, major damage. No Taco Casa, no McDonald’s, Mike and Ed’s Barbeque, major damage.

A tornado carved a path of at least 25 miles through DeKalb County, killing or injuring almost 250 people and damaging hundreds of buildings.

Around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, a tornado was sighted heading toward Cullman. Buildings in the downtown area were destroyed. The tornado ripped half the roof off the Cullman County Courthouse and heavily damaged the First Baptist Church-Cullman. "I felt a cold blast of air, and the pressure in my ears changed," one witness said.

Three tornadoes ripped through Marion County and into Franklin County, killing at least 30 people combined, according to preliminary numbers from the state Emergency Management Agency. Emergency officials put the number at more than 50 dead.

Supercells paths

LEGEND

1Number of deaths(larger circle represents more deaths)

NEWS STAFF

209 1433

33

1 5

ALA.

VA.

MISS.

KY.

GA.

TENN.

DEATH TOLLBY STATE

55

5

7 8

914

14

4

4

3

2

3

3

13

27

18*

At least 291 people were killed in Wednesday's storm system that spawned dozens of tornadoes across the Southeast.

37*